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Melaleuca alternifolia
Tea tree
The tea tree grows in Australia and Asia. This tall evergreen tree has a white, spongy bark. The oil from the leaves is used medicinally.
In 1923, Dr. A.R. Penfold discovered Tea Tree oil was 13 times
stronger as an antiseptic bactericide than carbolic acid, considered the
universal standard in the early 1900's.
By 1930, Tea Tree Oil was being applied to pus-filled infections. It dissolved
the pus and left the surface of the wounds clean and without apparent irritation
to the surrounding healthy tissues.